The bad news is not all
of gentlemen are lucky enough to have such a sculpted body. First of all, we
might not be fortunate enough in terms of 'genetic lottery'. You know, when it
comes to genes we inherit from our parents, no one can protest in any possible
way. Whether our genes are good are bad, we have no option but deal with the
reality.
Some men are lucky
enough to inherit handsome faces from his father, or inherit the high level
body metabolism which makes them less likely to become obese.That's the lovely
side but what if your dad gives you 'dark' genes that makes you gain weight
easier? Or genes that causes your body height increases slower than your peers?
Well, I'd say you have to make peace with yourself because the harder you push
yourself the more you'll get hurt.
Secondly, most of us
are not able to have enough time and tools needed to keep ourselves fit. It is
perhaps the most frequently mentioned excuse but it holds true for people whose
daily activities are not related to physical jobs. If you're working 8 hours a
day and going into overtime hours after that, no one wouldn't be that surprised
to see your beer belly that stores pounds of fats.
But do you know that
most men nowadays think that having an athletic figure is a must? Probably you
and I are some of those men but hold that thought. Let me tell you an
astounding fact that men are now swept away by a wave called 'athletica
nervosa'. This is a new term coined by media to refer to a type of anxiety that
men commonly have by exercising excessively at gyms. And this is what i just
read on a site:
"Men who regularly
read 'lads' magazines' are increasingly obsessive about their body image
resulting in them doing excessive exercise and possibly taking steroids to
improve their physique, according to a study by University of Winchester
psychologist Dr David Giles."
'Lads' magazines here
are magazines that are usually read by men and boys and most of the content is
about how to stay healthy, lean, fit, and of course how to grow more muscles.
But I think it's not only 'lads' magazines that endorse the importance of
muscular physique. If we are sensitive enough, we'll notice recently there are
more and more young, good-looking, muscular male models being featured on TV
commercials, banners, ads in magazines, even clothing catalogs (which were
assumed to be quite girlie in the past). It may be just a coincidence but I
don't think that way.
What strikes me most is
that this apparently starts to infect our kids! You can call me a hyperbolic
liar but after you read this, you won't. A 5-year-old infant named Giuliano
Stroe in Italy has started to become a fitness freak after he regularly
accompanied his dad exercising at a local gym.
All these things seem
to lead to a complete insanity. And what is initially meant to be an endeavor
to get healthier and fitter proves to be a misleading campaign for instant
muscularity. Some men who are not patient enough in the journey resort to a
shortcut. This shortcut is called steroid. As we know that using steroid is no
good especially in the long run.
So is having muscular
physique really worth it? Or is it just another mirage men have been tricked
into? Being unsatisfied with our appearance is humane and everyone experiences
that. But being too much worried about what image people can have in their mind
about us is somewhat ridiculous. Gentlemen, in my humble opinion, we should
choose health over muscularity. If we're exercising, we must focus more on
being healthier, so as to be able to function normally at work and in
household. When ego has taken over our sanity, however, we're more likely to
get drowned by the endless competition of enlarging biceps, showing off six
packs, or how to get larger pectoral muscles.
In the past decades
we've already bombarded with a series of news about women developing anorexia
nervosa and then dying afterwards. Now men are dealing with the same plague. We
now see more women are rebelling against the 'slim is beautiful' dogma. Some of
these ladies (who are not as skinny as those female models) are compellingly
successful and set their own trends as they appreciate their body figure more
than before. It's OK to be plump or a bit obese but as long as they take
themselves as they are, nothing is ever problem.
Women have shown their
resistance against the 'slimmer is always better' proposition and what about
men? Can men have the audacity to say NO to 'beefier is always better'
proposition? Ask ourselves.
(quotation:
http://www.tricitypsychology.com )
Akhlis Purnomo
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